Organizational: The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI)

数学与理论生物学研究所（MTBI）于1997年在康奈尔大学成立，目前位于亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）。MTBI的主要目标是增加美国少数族裔学生在数学科学领域获得博士学位的代表性。MTBI关注的是一群主要由“非选择性”机构的学生和通常不考虑数学科学研究生院可能性的学生组成的参与者。在15个夏季的课程中，参与者产生了146份技术报告和大量的评审出版物，同时对亚利桑那州立大学研究生，博士后研究员，客座教授和常规教师的研究项目产生了直接影响。MTBI的暑期项目共招收了328名本科生和69名返校学生。在此期间，又有114名研究生导师参与。迄今为止，有68名参与者获得了博士学位。

The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) was founded in 1997 at Cornell University and is currently housed at Arizona State University (ASU). MTBI's main objective is to increase the representation of U.S. underrepresented minority students earning Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences. MTBI focuses on a pool of participants primarily composed of students from "nonselective" institutions and students who typically do not consider the possibility of graduate school in the mathematical sciences. Over the course of 15 summers, participants have generated 146 technical reports and a large number of refereed publications while having a direct impact on the research programs of ASU's graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting professors, and regular faculty. MTBI has enrolled a total of 328 first-time undergraduate students and 69 returning students in its summer program. Over this timeframe an additional 114 graduate mentors have participated. Sixty-eight participants to date have earned Ph.D.s.